Alumni

The Mills Studio Art Program has a long tradition of producing successful graduates, from Jennifer Losch Bartlett to Elizabeth Murray. Today, we are proud to present the work of some of our emerging artists/alumni:

Jesus Aguilar

Jesus Aguilar, MFA ’06
Conceptual art video, photography
Awards: MFA Studio Art residency award, Headlands Center for the Arts
Exhibitions: Headlands Center for the Arts, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Lancaster Castle, UK

   
Lisa Solomon

Lisa Solomon, MFA ’03
Mixed media with roots in drawing
Awards: SECA award Nominee, SFMOMA; Herringer Family Foundation Grant
Exhibitions: Traywick Contemporary, Mama Buzz, the Richmond Art Center, Koumi Museum, and the Little Bird Gallery

   
Rosana Castrillo Diaz

Rosana Castrillo Diaz, MFA ’03
Drawing
Awards: SECA Award, SFMOMA; Artadia Award: The Fund for Art and Dialogue
Exhibitions: SFMOMA, Berkeley Art Museum, UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Anthony Meier Fine Arts

   
Seth Koen

Seth Koen, MFA ’02
Abstract sculpture, drawing, crochet thread, and wood
Reviews: Art in America, American Craft, the San Francisco Chronicle, Artweek, Sculpture, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian

   
Dee Hibbert-Jones

Dee Hibbert-Jones, MFA ’01
Sculpture, public art
Awards: SECCA nominee, Headlands affiliate, NEA award (Berkeley Art Center)
Exhibitions: Tokyo Zokei University Museum, Don Soker Gallery, Gallery 400, Illinois University

   
Lien Truong

Lien Truong, MFA ’01
Painting, drawing, installation
Awards: The Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellowship; Artist in Residence, Oakland Museum of California
Exhibitions: Southern Exposure; Huntington Beach Art Center

   
Mel Prest

Mel Prest, MFA ’99
Painting
Awards: Affiliate Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts
Exhibitions: Branch Gallery, Gregory Lind Gallery, Oakland Art Gallery, b.sakata garo gallery, the MH deYoung Museum

   
Betsy Schneider

Betsy Schneider, MFA ’97
Photo, video
Exhibitions: Cooper Union Great Hall, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Arizona State University Museum of Art, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, the Society for Contemporary Photography

   
Jim Christensen

Jim Christensen, MFA ’95
Sculpture, drawing
Awards: Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship, Gerbode Foundation Museum Purchase Award, and acquisition in the collection of M.H. de Young Memorial Museum

   
Kathryn Spence

Kathryn Spence, MFA ’93
Sculpture, installation, drawing
Awards: Anonymous Was a Woman Award 2006
Exhibitions: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Carl Berg Gallery, and Corcoran Biennial

   
Arngunnur Yr

Arngunnur Yr, MFA ’92
Oil on wood or aluminum
Awards: Pollock Krasner grant and grants from the Ministry of Culture, Iceland
Exhibitions: Hosfelt Gallery, Howard Yezerski, and Iceland's Turpentine Gallery

   
Lanny de Vuono

Lanny Frances DeVuono, MFA ’87
Oil on wood
Awards: Fulbright Fellowship (Kerala, India); Artist Trust Fellow, Yaddo; Centrum residencies
Exhibitions: Froelick Gallery and Circa Gallery

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Last Updated: 10/11/07